In 1970, psychologist Mihaly Robert Csikszentmihalyi coined a mental state in which a person would be entirely immersed, energized, focused, fully involved, and fully engaged. He first became interested in the phenomenon as he observed artists at work, some of them so excited and engaged with their work that they didn’t know what was going on around them, sometimes forgot to eat or sleep, and seemed driven by curiosity and exhilaration. They exhibited a total immersion experience. Dr. C as we’ll call him called this deep immersion experience “flow.”

We might call it, being “in the zone.”

The psychological state of “flow” is a personal experience but can also be experienced as a group dynamic, as long as the group is “on the same page” and engaged together. During flow, we are fully focused t…